Greece resident Ryan Callahan, a player with the New York Rangers, is Rochester's sole olympian in Vancouver. But the road to the XXI Winter Olympics began on a not so quiet cul-de-sac in Greece.

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GREECE - Long before Ryan Callahan ever skated for the New York Rangers, or played junior hockey in Canada, or even caught the eye of USA Hockey officials, he played in some of the most intense street-hockey games known to childhood. The cul-de-sac at the end of Groveview Circle in North Greece was where a career was born.

"After school and in the summer, we played sun-up to sundown, all day, every day," said Sal Tuttobene, who lived a couple doors down from Mike and Donna Callahan's house and was out on the Groveview pavement, scoring goals and trading elbows with Ryan.